Image Gallery: T-Mobile Wing Professional device

T-Mobile Wing retail box

T-Mobile released an update to their successful T-Mobile MDA/HTC Wizard device that has an updated sleek form factor and significantly improved keyboard. The T-Mobile Wing is a Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition device that comes in a cool blue color and offers T-Mobile customers a very nice alternative to the Apple iPhone.

Opening the box, step 1

After opening the top lid you find the T-Mobile Wing (note plastic wrapping has already been removed).

Box contents

Bottom box contents

The USB sync cable, A/C adapter, extra stylus, and wired stereo headset can be found in the bottom part of the box.

Open T-Mobile Wing

The T-Mobile Wing with display up revealing the QWERTY keyboard.

Bottom half of the front

The round directional pad is very easy to use and is well sized for navigation.

Front top of the Wing

The phone speaker is found along the top with indicator lights present behind the screen.

Upper right side of the Wing

The upper button launches Voice Command 1.6, the next button launches Messaging and voice recordings. They can all be reassigned as you desire for quick launching.

Stylus and silo

The stylus is found on the lower right side and is securely held in the device. The stylus is solid and has a decent heft to it.

Bottom of the Wing

A rubber cover hides the headset connector/miniUSB port with the microphone just next to it. A lanyard loop is located on the far left of the bottom.

Left side of the Wing

A microSD slot with rubber cover, soft reset button, and volume control slider are found in the middle of the left side.

Wing upper left side

The camera button is found along the upper left side of the Wing.

Left side of QWERTY keyboard

The Wing uses the new HTC design keyboard that has very comfortable, flat keys to make text entry a pleasant experience.

Soft keys above the keyboard

The two soft keys can be found at the top of the keyboard. The numbers are arranged in keypad formation in the center of the keyboard.

Alt and Cap indicator lights

The indicator lights let you know when a special function key was pressed and are very helpful for text entry.

The Wing and MDA

The Wing is on the left and the T-Mobile MDA/QTEK 9100 in open keyboard modes.

The Wing and MDA in closed mode

The Wing offers a sleeker and more modernn design compared to the MDA.

Thickness comparison of the Wing and MDA

The Wing is not as thick as the MDA as can be seen in the picture.

Back of the Wing and MDA

You can see the cameras are in different positions and the Wing has a more ergonomic design. The entire back cover slips off on the Wing to access the battery and SIM card slot.

Back of the Wing

The back of the Wing feels great in your hand.

The Wing in your hand

The Wing is quite compact for a full blown Pocket PC and is very "caressable".

T-Mobile top logo

The T-Mobile Wing labeling

End and right buttons

The End button is surrounded by the right soft key and OK button.

Send and left buttons

The Send button is surrounded by the left soft key and Start menu button.

Backlit left keys

The front hardware buttons have backlighting, but the directional pad has none.

T-Mobile Wing Today screen

There are several utilities and functions accessed by tapping icons found in the lower right of the Today screen. For example, device lock, battery status, music player plug-in activation, communications manager, and t-zones.

Start menu and 3rd party applictions

You will find a customizable Start menu along with the ability to load up 3rd party applications on the Wing.

T-Mobile HotSpot login utility

The simple mode lets you enter your username and password to get connected.

Advanced HotSpot login

There are some other settings that can be customized with this utility.

Communications manager

You can manage and control connections for the phone, bluetooth, WiFi, direct push, data connection, vibrate/ringer, ActiveSync, and IR beam.

t-zones page

The Today screen has a shortcut to t-zones for those interested in accessing these functions.

HTC Task Manager

HTC includes a Task Manager so you can selectively choose to close applications. You will need to close most apps to use the camera.

Task Manager settings

You can select how to use the Task Manager on your device.

Voice Command 1.6 settings

You can manage and optimize your Voice Command 1.6 experience on the T-Mobile Wing.

Making a phone call on the Wing

The dial pad is easy to access and the Wing has the excellent SmartDial functionality that lets you spell the name of a contact with the keyboard to filter contacts quickly.

In call display

You can manage calls using on-screen buttons.

Portrait Start menu

You can customize the Start menu with your favorite applications.

More memory is needed

Unfortunately, there is a weak area of the Wing and that is the available RAM that limits how many applications can be run at once.